#asianliterature — Public Fediverse posts

Gawd I relate to this so much. I am part of a Chinese drama forum and the amount of people giving negative reviews to Chinese dramas with ambiguous, non-happily-ever-after endings drives me wild.

I am reading a 200-year-old collection of short stories from China that would probably get a negative reviews on Goodreads because most Western readers won't like the ambiguous endings. Not to mention Chinese stories don't follow the approved, “right” story structure. They will feel like unfinished stories, stories that end with no resolution. They don't realise these stories are literally a “front”, an allegory, for deep criticisms of the Qing dynasty. 🫪 The Chinese are very known for talking in metaphors, allegories, poetry. They are not direct people. (It kinda will get you killed back then lol)

#Books #bookstodon #literature #asianliterature #ReadingCommunity

Eccentric Investigators: Unlikely Detectives in Asian American and Asian Cozy Mysteries

These Asian and Asian American cozy mysteries feature all kinds of unlikely detectives, from a disgraced stage magician to high school teacher.
https://bookriot.com/asian-american-cozy-mysteries/

#InReadingColor #MysteryThriller #UnusualSuspects #AsianAmericanLiterature #AsianLiterature

The Island of Sea Women: A Novel "Jeju is her home, an island known for Three Abundances: wind, stones, and women" Sale: $18 to $2.99 by Lisa See Rating: 4.5/5 (24,517 Reviews) #historicalfiction #jeju #haenyeo #friendship #women #booksky #books #litfiction #asianliterature #mustread

The Island of Sea Women: A Nov...

Add #scifibooks #fantasybooks and #Asianliterature to my list of loves

I've been dipping into "Lost Souls", a volume of short stories by Hwang Sunwon.

One that has particularly caught my attention is "Booze", written in 1945.

Following the August 15th liberation of Korea from Japanese rule, the Nakamura distillery is to be taken over by Koreans. Which Koreans though? As we follow the head clerk Chunho's attempts to manage the takeover, his household, and himself, we see a decent individual struggling with challenges going way beyond a change of name for the distillery.

"Booze" not only absorbed me in its narrative but also made me think about both decolonization and writing about decolonization.

#HwangSunWon #KoreanLiterature #Booze #ShortStories #Books #TwentiethCenturyLiterature #Postcolonialism #AsianLiterature #Korea

https://cup.columbia.edu/book/lost-souls/9780231149686/

𝟯 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗩𝗲𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻” 𝗯𝘆 𝗛𝗮𝗻 𝗞𝗮𝗻𝗴 -

A surreal/but-real tale of a woman who dares to make her own choices and of the struggles of family (most male) who cannot contend with it.

#bookreviews #books #bookworm #readreadread #3words #hankang #thevegetarian #nobelprize #koreanliterature #asianliterature

'Kitchen' by Banana Yoshimoto

"...providing the reader with authentic characters who grapple with themselves and society as they contemplate life, death, loss, grief, sorrow, and reconciliation in the aftermath of real tragedy..."

https://booksperience.org/2023/10/15/ikitchen-i-by-banana-yoshimoto/

#AsianLiterature #BananaYoshimoto #Contemporary, #Death, #Family, #Fiction, #Home, #Japan, #JapaneseLiterature, #Kitchen, #Life, #LiteraryFiction, #Love, #Mothers, #Novella, #Orphan, #ShortStory, #Tragedy #books #reading #booksperience

'Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales' by Yoko Ogawa

https://booksperience.org/2023/07/18/irevenge-eleven-dark-tales-i-by-yoko-ogawa/

#AsianLiterature, #Eerie, #ElevenDarkTales, #Fantasy, #Fiction, #Horror, #Japan, #JapaneseHorror, #JapaneseLiterature, #Macabre, #Mystery, #ShortStories, #YokoOgawa

Hi! I'm a queer zinester based in the PH. I read a lot & write a lot & obsess over a lot of things.

I like cats & hate fascists.

Nerds come find me please: #zines #magicthegathering #criticaltheory #leftisttheory #witchhatatelier #dnd #onepiece #hyouka #manga #stardewvalley #runwiththewind #theoryfiction #thesandman #shimanamitasogare #sousounofrieren #asianliterature #literature #aceattorney #pokemon

"Lotus blossoms."

What the Cold War did for the Afro-Asian literary movement.

#culture #literature #AfricanLiterature #AsianLiterature

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/what-the-cold-war-did-for-the-afro-asian-literary-movement-essay-peter-kalliney/

Currently reading: Out
Author: Natsuo Kirino

I'm 40 pages in and I'm loving this. Potentially an amazing read. But the scenes are incredibly vivid and graphic. Approach this #book with discretion, as it's quite dark and disturbing.

#booktwt #booktoot #AsianLiterature #JapaneseLiterature

For a few months now I've been working on my 100-poem collection tentatively entitled "Ad Infinitum," a project which inspiration had just slowly emerged in between my philosophical and scientific work. Excited to share it with you soon!

#poems #poetry #newwork #literary #literature #writing #writinglife #thoughts #philosophy #science #saturday #writerscommunity #writersofphilippines #philippines #philippineliterature in #english #asianliterature #writersofmastodon

Wir haben für Heyne gerade ein großes #Fantasy Epos aus #Korea eingekauft. Wahnsinnig spannendes Worldbuilding und faszinierende Figuren – und ein Text aus einer mir noch unbekannten #Literatur – freue mich schon sehr darauf! #publishing #asianliterature #koreanfantasy

#introduction I’m a writer and educator. Interests #asianamerican #aapiliterature #aapiactivism #china #chinesediaspora #film #translation #asianliterature #literaryscholars #educators #bookcritics #literaryjournals Trying different hashtags in an attempt to find my peeps!